I forget too. Which is why I reread books. I've reread Pratchett's Night Watch so often I've lost count, and every time it's like reading a new book. It's not a competition, there are no tests later, just enjoy reading already.
Divorced, renting an apartment for three times what my mortgage used to be, chronically ill, unable to work and no hope of a decent pension? Can't remember wanting that.
Is it an old pattern? My grandmother left me a bunch of 150-year old magazines with similar crochet patterns.